Mike Grimala
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UNLVLive coverage: UNLV holds on for 84-71 win over Omaha
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 It was a lot closer than it should have been, but UNLV eventually got its act together in time to hold off Omaha, 84-71 ...
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SportsUNLV basketball on edge following blowout loss at San Francisco
Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 Being the head coach of a basketball team is not always about the X’s and O’s. Sometimes it’s about managing personalities, delivering a strong message and holding a team together through adversity ...
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SportsUNLV routs Whittier, eyes Saturday showdown vs. No. 2 UCLA
Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021 UNLV is now 4-2 on the season. They’ll practice on Thanksgiving morning and again on Friday, then it’s time for the biggest game of the non-conference season.
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SportsLate foul is harsh lesson for impact UNLV freshman Keshon Gilbert
Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 UNLV is largely a veteran team by college standards, with a starting lineup made up of four seniors and one junior. There is one true freshman on the roster, though, and he won the game for UNLV on Sunday. And then seconds later ...
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SportsPatchwork Knights dispatch Detroit, 5-2
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 Welcome back, Zach Whitecloud. The Vegas Golden Knights defenseman returned to action on Thursday after missing the previous 12 games with a hand injury and immediately provided an offensive spark, tallying two goals to propel the shorthanded ...
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SportsTake a Lap: UNLV's Royce Hamm lands endorsement deal
Monday, Nov. 15, 2021 Welcome to the latest installment of “Take a Lap with Mike Grimala,” a video interview series that we hope becomes a regular trip to the fun side of UNLV sports. In this episode, UNLV big man ...
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SportsInstant analysis: Raiders no match for Mahomes in 41-14 loss
Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021 Is the Raiders’ season slipping away—again? Sunday night’s 41-14 loss to Kansas City at Allegiant Stadium dropped Las Vegas to 5-4 on the year, and back-to-back defeats have this campaign taking on a similar feel to 2020 ...
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SportsKnown and unknown: Sizing up the new-look UNLV men's basketball team
Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 UNLV underwent another drastic transformation this offseason, waving goodbye to former coach T.J. Otzelberger after a two-year stint and promoting assistant Kevin Kruger to the job. Frequent new beginnings are now the nature of college basketball since the advent of the transfer portal, but changes have come at a particularly breakneck pace for the scarlet and gray.
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SportsLive coverage: UNR dominates in cannon win over UNLV
Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 UNLV turned in its worst performance of the season tonight in Reno, as UNR trampled Marcus Arroyo's squad, 51-20 ...
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SportsAnalysis: Raiders turn in most complete performance in win over Eagles
Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021 The Raiders dominated on both sides of the ball in a 33-22 win over the Philadelphia Eagles at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday, moving the team to 2-0 under interim head coach Rich Bisaccia ...
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SportsFour plays that decided UNLV's last-second loss to Utah State
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 UNLV dropped to 0-6 with Saturday’s home loss to Utah State, and in a season that is starting to be defined by close defeats, this one may have been the most painful ...
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SportsPotential candidates for Raiders head coaching search
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 Jon Gruden is gone. That reality may still be sinking in for fans of the Las Vegas Raiders a day after the coach resigned amid the revelation of his racist and derogatory ...
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SportsInstant analysis: Raiders turn in sloppy performance amid Gruden controversy
Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021 How did things go so wrong for the Raiders, who have quickly gone from undefeated to 3-2 on the year?
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News'It hurts': Aces fall short of title hopes again with loss to Mercury
Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 Exactly 366 days after their 2020 campaign ended with a championship-round sweep at the hands of Seattle, the Aces fully believed they would win Game 5 of their semifinal matchup ...
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Sports'A little bit to work on' as Golden Knights drop preseason game to Arizona
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 Vegas dropped its final home exhibition game, 3-1, to the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night, but the Golden Knights didn’t seem to be sweating the result. After the game the Knights focused not on the scoreboard but on their performance ...
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SportsRaiders rookie Alex Leatherwood struggling to live up to draft position
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 The Raiders didn’t make Alex Leatherwood their surprise selection with the No. 21 overall pick in April’s NFL Draft just because they judged him to be the best prospect available. No, the Las Vegas braintrust also weighed his pro-readiness as a major ...
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SportsLive blog: UTSA sacks UNLV, 24-17
Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 UNLV's comeback attempt came up short as UTSA held on for a 24-17 win at the Alamodome ...
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SportsAnalysis: Henry Ruggs emerging as playmaker for Raiders
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 The Raiders took some heat for drafting Henry Ruggs 11th overall in 2020, making him the first receiver off the board ahead of highly rated prospects like CeeDee Lamb and Jerry Jeudy. But Jon Gruden had a specific role in mind to take the Las Vegas offense ...
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SportsAnalysis: Raiders survive Miami, win in OT to reach 3-0
Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 It was a wild ride, and one that probably didn’t have to go to overtime. But the bottom line is the Raiders are now 3-0 ...
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A&ESeven reasons the Las Vegas Aces will win the WNBA championship
Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 The Las Vegas Aces have been on an upward trajectory ever since the franchise moved to Nevada and hired coach Bill Laimbeer.
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SportsAnalysis: Raiders defense steps up in win at Pittsburgh
Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021 The Raiders are 2-0 after grinding out an impressive 26-17 win at Pittsburgh ...
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Raiders pass rushers aiming to keep up pressure
Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 If there was one aspect of the Raiders’ Week 1 performance that was unrecognizable from last year—in a good way—it was the consistent pressure applied by the team’s pass rushers ...
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SportsInstant analysis: Raiders find a way in OT win over Ravens
Monday, Sept. 13, 2021 The Raiders were down and out at several points in Monday night’s season opener, but Derek Carr, Daniel Carlson, Carl Nassib and Zay Jones were able to produce some late-night magic in a 33-27 overtime victory ...
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SportsRaiders receivers to be tested by elite Baltimore secondary
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021 Are the Las Vegas receivers ready for prime time? That is one of the biggest questions facing the Raiders as they prepare to open the season on Monday Night. The team ...
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Sports44 predictions for UNLV football in 2021
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 Heading into his second year at the helm of UNLV football, we're not quite sure what kind of team Marcus Arroyo has on his hands. The 2021 version of the scarlet and gray certainly seem more talented than the sorry squad that went 0-6 last year, but ...
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SportsMayock: Raiders 'need to be a playoff team this year'
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 Mike Mayock’s post-cutdown press conference had a bit of everything. Meeting with the media on Wednesday, one day after he and Jon Gruden trimmed the team’s roster to 53 players, Mayock gave a real-time breakdown of how a prospect goes from ...
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SportsInstant analysis: Raiders use final preseason game as proving ground
Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 On the Raiders’ second drive of Sunday’s preseason finale at San Francisco, they faced a 3rd-and-8 in their own territory. Quarterback Nathan Peterman dropped back and fired ...
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SportsRaiders look to young linebackers ahead of final preseason game
Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021 It wouldn’t be the Raiders if there weren’t major questions surrounding the linebacker position heading into the season. As Las Vegas prepares for its final preseason game ...
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SportsUNLV football looking for progress in Marcus Arroyo's second season
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021 The future of UNLV football is now. Stop us if you’ve heard that before. It seems like every few years, UNLV ushers in some “new era,” by way of a new coach, a new practice facility or ...
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SportsRookie Nate Hobbs continues to impress for Raiders in win over Rams
Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021 As they did last week in the preseason opener, the Raiders opted to sit most of their starters in Saturday’s 17-16 win over the Los Angeles Rams ...
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SportsLive blog: Raiders stop late 2-point conversion attempt, beat Rams
Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021 Nathan Peterman threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Marcell Ateman in the fourth quarter and the Las Vegas Raiders held on to defeat the Los Angeles Rams 17-16 on Saturday night.
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SportsFive players to watch in Raiders' second preseason game
Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021 Don’t expect fireworks when the Raiders take the field for their second preseason game on Saturday against the Los Angeles Rams. The current trend in the NFL is that joint practices are intense, and the ensuing preseason game is more about ...
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SportsRaiders to require vaccines for fans at Allegiant Stadium
Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 The Raiders announced that all fans will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to attend games at Allegiant Stadium this season ...
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SportsLive coverage: Raiders reward fans with exhibition win at Allegiant
Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021 It may not have been a star-studded affair but that hardly seemed to matter to the Raiders faithful, as Las Vegas defeated Seattle, 20-7, in the first NFL game at Allegiant Stadium with fans ...
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SportsRaiders get day off with eye toward preseason opener
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 Two weeks into training camp and with the first preseason game looming on Saturday, Raiders coach Jon Gruden made a last-minute decision on Wednesday morning—to give his team the day off ...
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SportsUNLV AD Desiree Reed-Francois leaving for Missouri
Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021 UNLV’s athletic department has taken on the distinct look of a revolving door over the past 10 years, and it continues to turn. On Sunday, athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois agreed to become the next AD at Missouri and will leave UNLV ...
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SportsHenry Ruggs shines in Raiders' first padded practice, impressing Gruden
Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021 The second-year wide receiver is coming off a modestly productive rookie season, but if Tuesday was any indication, he could be in store for a breakout year ...
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SportsRaiders standouts through first week of camp
Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021 It has only been three practices, without pads, and with very few reps of the first-team offense against the first-team defense, but some Raiders are still making their presence felt early in training camp ...
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SportsRaiders rookie safety Trevon Moehrig getting up to speed
Saturday, July 31, 2021 If the Raiders want to get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2016, head coach Jon Gruden and general manager Mike Mayock know the fastest route would be fixing ...
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SportsRaiders encouraged by early camp performance of rookie Alex Leatherwood
Friday, July 30, 2021 Since Jon Gruden returned as head coach of the Raiders four years ago, he has been on a quest to build his ideal offense around a pair of bookend tackles ...
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FeaturesMore Las Vegas athletes headed to the Tokyo Olympics
Thursday, July 22, 2021 Local medal hopefuls in boxing, golf, BMX and beyond.
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SportsHometown Aces make their mark in WNBA All-Star game
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 The 2021 WNBA All-Star game sure didn’t feel like a modern exhibition showcase of the sport’s greatest players. Played in front of spectators at the Michelob Ultra Arena, the Olympic-year format—Team USA vs. a select squad of WNBA ...
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SportsHow will the new NIL rule impact UNLV student-athletes?
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 July 1 marked a new day in college sports, as the NCAA — a bastion of amateurism since its inception — has now begun allowing student-athletes to profit off their fame. It’s a big step for the NCAA, which has long fought against athletes being able to make money off their name, image and likeness ...
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BusinessFormer college basketball player turns hobby into business putting young athletes in spotlight
Monday, July 5, 2021 Attend a prep basketball game in Las Vegas—whether it’s a local matchup of rival high schools or a hyped showdown between AAU teams from opposite coasts—and you’re likely to see a cameraman on the sideline, intent on capturing every highlight.
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SportsMeet the Aces: This year's roster features dominant post players reunited
Thursday, May 20, 2021 In order for the Aces to reach their full potential, Cambage will have to buy into the team concept. “She’s a physically dominant person, so she always plays 1-on-5,” head coach Bill Laimbeer says.
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FeaturesIt’s championship or bust for a loaded Las Vegas Aces roster built around the WNBA’s reigning MVP
Thursday, May 20, 2021 “Everyone is expecting us to be this super team, because we look really, really good on paper,” A’ja Wilson says, “but at the end of the day we have to bring it within ourselves, within our locker room.”
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SportsAssessing the obstacles: Who stands between the Aces and the WNBA title
Thursday, May 20, 2021 The Las Vegas Aces have their eyes set on a WNBA championship, but winning it all is never easy. Here are five things that could stand in the way of Las Vegas’ title quest.
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SportsUNLV assistant Carlin Hartman excited to reunite with Kevin Kruger
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 According to Carlin Hartman, joining the UNLV coaching staff was five and a half years in the making. Hartman played college ball at Tulane and spent a couple years in the Continental Basketball Association before beginning his coaching career in ...
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SportsCaravan signals return toward normalcy for UNLV sports
Friday, May 7, 2021 Lindy La Rocque led the UNLV women’s basketball team to one of the most remarkable turnarounds in program history in 2020-21 ...
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SportsAnalysis: Trevon Moehrig to the rescue for Raiders defense
Saturday, May 1, 2021 The Raiders had a huge, massive, glaring problem in 2020: Their safeties couldn’t cover anyone in the passing game. In the modern NFL, that’s an issue that will absolutely sink ...
